Updates from the Institute

Fall Semester 2014 Legal Technology and Innovation Concentration. In October 2013, Suffolk Law’s faculty unanimously approved a new Legal Technology and Innovation concentration, creating one of the first formal programs in the country to equip J.D. students with the...

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Suffolk at the MIT Legal Hackathon

MIT is hosting a legal hackathon between June 12 and 14.  Details are here. I'm delighted that Gabe Teninbaum and I will be running a session at the event relating to the drafting of effective legal language.  You can learn more here and here.

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ABA Taps Dean to Lead Next Wave

ABA Taps Dean to Lead Next Wave

  As Chair of the ABA Center for Innovation’s Governing Council, Dean Andrew Perlman is helping a team of legal tech innovators rethink the practice of law. The American Bar Association (ABA) has tapped Suffolk Law Dean Andrew Perlman to help lead a new Center...

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Innovation in Legal Education

In a competition for the best oxymoron, “innovation in legal education” would surely be a contender.  After all, law schools have taught students largely the same knowledge and skillset for decades, despite dramatic changes to the modern legal marketplace.  One...

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Google Glass for Lawyers

I had fun on Monday sharing my thoughts about Google Glass on WRKO.  (Earlier coverage in the Boston Herald is here.) As I noted in the interview, I've been thinking about how to use Glass in the classroom ("Glass in Class").   This fall, I'm going to try taking...

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Ethics, Technology, and Billing

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